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Re: Sticking my gun where it doesn't belong...
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Thu, 18 Sep 2003 14:24:28 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Koudys wrote:
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60 percent of the violent deaths in your country in the year 2000, according
to this website were due to *just* firearms. That leaves 40 percent for all
other forms of violent death combined, including knives, axes, rope, baseball
bats, and let’s not ferget driving over spouses with vehicles.
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So what?
All you’ve done is show that people are smart enough to use the best tool for a
certain task -- if you intend to kill someone a gun is a good choice for that
job. In a sense, if you could eliminate a person’s motivation to kill you would
reduce the murder rate, regardless of the advent of guns. Sadly, people do like
to kill themselves and each other.
What about the traffic? Why does the fact that it’s largely accidental not cause
you any worries? I mean, I did mean it as a joke but it does have it’s serious
side.
BTW, how many people die of firearm incidents that might have otherwise have
been non-lethal but for the absense of a national healthcare system and/or
adequately speedy medical treatment for the victim? I find that an interesting
question. I am trying to distinguish people that are dead on the spot from those
that die of some other complication even if it’s just bleeding to death.
If I were to ever kill someone, which generally would never happen unless I was
somehow forced to it, I would go for the incapacitating chest shot and then the
many shots to lethal locations like the head and heart. Efficiency is my middle
name...
-- Hop-Frog
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Message has 1 Reply:
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| (...) Why is that? What in your society, supposedly the freeest society on the planet, causes you to kill each other more often, per capita, than any other country in the world during peace time? I'll go so far as to grant you the premise that if (...) (21 years ago, 18-Sep-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Richard Marchetti wrote: <snip> (...) <snip> (...) What a fascinating site. Here's a few figures-- 1. What was tthe intent or manner of the injury? -violence-related 2. What was the cause or mechanism of the injury? -all (...) (21 years ago, 18-Sep-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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